EDUCATION
American Heart Association, 03/25/10 to Present (temporary assignment).
- College: Bachelor of Science, Computer Science Engineering, UT Arlington, graduated with a 3.4 GPA and worked while going to school.
- High School: Graduated salutatorian of Richland High School.
- Awards: Received Chemistry and Math Awards, National Merit Commendation, and UTA Presidential Leadership Award.
- Assisted with migration of current web site to a new CMS based site utilizing Oracle Stellent.
- Provided training, design (Photoshop), content creation, loading and migration.
- Content creation included banner graphics, loading of mobile content, and creation of Facebook and Twitter widgets for use on affiliate web sites.
- The new web site www.heart.org was successfully launched on May 29, 2010. As part of a group of temporaries hired to accomplish this task, the current assignment is on a month to month basis after launch date.
- Post-launch activities included data analysis (financial and web site analytics) using Microsoft Excel, Omniture, and Oracle Stellent CMS.
Elance.com, 04/2009 to Present (freelance provider).
- Provide web site design, graphic design, and web site content services.
- Provide administrative support (e.g. Excel, Word, PDF conversion).
RunningSale.com, 03/2008 to Present
- Provide marketing support and select products which drive customers to site. Create articles and product links on referring sites utilizing Google AdSense.
- This is an amazon.com e-store and does not require any direct order processing or fulfillment on my part. I receive referral fees for products purchased.
Over40Runner.com, 2005 to Present
- Personal running web site utilizing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, as well as graphic design.
- Google AdSense and Google Analytics are integrated into the site. Google AdWords and marketing campaigns are used to drive customers to site.
EnchantedCircleCentury.com, 09/2009 to Present
- Personal Joomla based CMS web site utilizing RSS, PHP, and XML.
PaintingsByAnn.com, 12/2009 to Present
- ASP.NET C# site developed using Visual Studio 2008.
Mullins and White Exploration, Inc. (Name Changed to Guardian Oil & Gas in 2009), 06/2007 to 03/2008
- Provided support to marketing department in the form of web sites and printed and on-line marketing materials.
- Presented designs and marketing materials at bi-weekly marketing meetings.
- Created and implemented web sites for both divisions: Mullins & White Exploration (mwex.com) and M&W Finanical (mwfin.net)
- Designs graphics for trade show posters and literature.
- Created maps and 3D art for client direct mail offerings.
- Designed graphics and Flash animations for on-line advertising.
- Designed front end for client management system.
- Designed and created client partnership report using MW Word and Corda Builder for included financial bar and pie charts.
- Implemented Nymex Futurers and Spot Price on home page using AJAX.
06/2005 to 06/2007
- Closed my retail and on-line businesses to do hospice at our home with my mother, who had terminal breast cancer. I took care of her until she passed away and then took some time off before re-entering the work force.
- DogPack.com retail assets were sold to MetroPetServices.com.
- InnateDesigns.com clients were transferred to DesignWonders.com.
InnateDesigns.com, owner, 06/1999 to 06/2005
- Successfully marketed and sold web design and hosting services to veterinarians and retail pet businesses through search engine marketing, trade shows, sales presentations, email and direct mail marketing, and print advertisements.
- Marketed spin off retail pet supply business (DogPack.com) resulting in sales of over $200,000 by the 2nd year and more than 1,000,000 web site visitors per month. The domain DogPack.com has since been sold and the original web site is no longer intact.
- Performed business administrative duties for retail pet supply business: Business planning, marketing and sales analysis, product promotions, inventory management, vendor relations, purchase orders, shipping/receiving, employee management.
- Determined product offerings based upon current consumer research (e.g. Pet Product Marketing) and trends.
- Attended trade shows as exhibitor.
- Joined local on-line forums to promote products.
- Provided on-line coupons, print coupons, product samples, gift certificates, and contests for DogPack.com retail site, resulting in increased sales.
- Tracked customer sales and product sales data using Quick Books Retail edition. Analyzed sales data to determine local product offerings.
- Designed print ads for both magazine and newspaper marketing of products.
American Airlines / SABRE Decision Technologies, Senior Consultant, 11/1995 to 06/1999
- Accomplishments included the analysis, development, coding and support of both PC based and Internet based airline reservation systems. Specific projects included the following:
- Project: Quest Version 2.0 (www.Swiss.com)
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- Designed, coded (Java) and tested the HTML Generator core component of the Quest Version 2.0 architecture, which was the basis for the SwissAir web site.
- Designed and implemented Java code which tracked session management information and provided support for QUEST tags embedded inside HTML.
- Project: Midwest Express Web Site (www.MidwestExpress.com)
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- Designed, coded, and implemented portions of the Midwest Express Web Site.
- Coded (C++), tested, and implemented fare quotes and flight status for Midwest Express.
- Coded (C++), tested, and implemented the booking portion of the site.
- Interfaced with 3 rd party vendor (iXL) for static home page portion of site.
- Designed, coded, and implemented Best Care Web Fares, which allowed customers to book discounted fares at certain times of the month.
- Modified the flight schedules application to use the a Java Map front end for input and display.
- Project: ATA Web Site (www.ATA.com)
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- Designed, coded, and implemented portions of the ATA Web Site.
- Developed C++ CGI programs which provided the fare quotes, flight status, and flight information functionality.
- Designed and coded several of the statis HTL pages, including the creation of graphics using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Created mailing list subscription pages with Perl CGI which utilized majordomo to set up an Internet mailing list for special fares.
- Worked with the following corporate groups to achieve the completion of the web site: SCS, EZGDS, Travelocity, AAccess via the Web, SABRE programmers, and GDS programmers.
- Project: RenoAir Web Site
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- Worked with other group members to implement the RenoAir Web Site integrating the newer backend components provided by StinWeb/Travelocity.
- Provided troubleshooting support as needed.
- Worked with other team members to train them in the infrastructure and web site architecture and support.
- Project: Y2K Analysis/Testing
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- Performed an analysis of the Midwest Express and ATA code for Y2K problems.
- Set up the test environment for Y2K testing and performed the Cycle 3 testing resulting in Y2K approval.
- Project: Personal AAccess
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- Designed and coded Visual C++ User Interface to test backend C++ code which communicated with SABRE.
- Configured test environment and provided beta testing, compatibility testing, and debugging support.
- Project: AAccess VoiceView
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- Designed, coded, tested, and implemented the User Interface (using proprietary RADiSH forms) and backend SABRE client (C programs running under UNIX) for AAccess VoiceView.
- Coordinated hardware configurations with SRO Communication Operations, coordinating testing with the Premise Integration lab, working with reservations on the QIK-Res Interface with the product, and providing testing and debugging support.
- Project: AAccess Statistics
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- Performed a statistical analysis of all of the phone calls received by Tele-Services Resources (TSR) for the AAccess products.
- Provided AA with spreadsheets and charts indicating types and quantities of phone calls and error for each product.
- Project: Quest Direct Bug Database
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- Designed, coded, tested, and implemented an on-line Bug Database (HTML and C++ CGI running under UNIX) which allowed edit, update, status, and report capabilities.
- Project: Miscellaneous
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- Provided troubleshooting and support to customers, team members, and Tulsa Data Center.
- Interfaced with customers to define requirements and perform customer acceptance testing.
- Interfaced with 3 rd party vendors (iXL San Francisco, Sight-n-Sound, RADiSH Inc, Ventrecek Advertising) to provide customers with an integrated solution.
Integrated Decision Support Corporation, Programmer/Analyst, 09/1992 to 11/1995
- Responsibilities include the analysis, development, coding, and support of UNIX, DOS, and Windows 3.1 based software for the transportation industry written in C, C++, and FORTRAN.
- Designed, coded, and tested software which determined fueling locations for trucking companies based upon location data, current prices,and user input/criteria.
- Designed, coded, and tested software which enabled shippers to determine the location of the most profitable lanes for soliciting freight.
- Designed, coded, and tested software which enabled trucking companies to determine where to place driver domiciles and maintenance facilities.




